Lesser Green Leafbird

Lesser Green Leafbird

Chloropsis cyanopogon

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Sepilok

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

1,179 Verified sightings at Sepilok From 2019 to 2026
2,711 In all 7 parks
December Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Lesser Green Leafbird

The lesser green leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:08

Malaysia · 2025

© Étienne Leroy · XC1076683 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:23

Malaysia · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC971349 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song1:07

Malaysia · 2019

© Marc Anderson · XC1041852 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~50%
3 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
5 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Green Leafbird in Sepilok?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 1,179 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lesser Green Leafbird in Sepilok?

July and October–December

In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird in Sepilok on a given day, against about 30% in March and April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Lesser Green Leafbird?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Green Leafbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Sepilok the best place to see a Lesser Green Leafbird?

3rd of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Lesser Green Leafbird sightings, Sepilok ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 50%) and Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 50%).

Where does the Lesser Green Leafbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Lesser Green Leafbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (1,179 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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